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Released yesterday were X.Org Server 21.1.17 and XWayland 24.1.7 to address another batch of six security vulnerabilities reported by security researchers. Out today is X.Org Server 21.1.18 and XWayland 24.1.8 in order to further button up one of the security issues reported yesterday...

Amazon Linux 2023 achieves FIPS 140-3 validation  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

KDE Plasma 6.4 ships with major usability and Wayland improvements  theregister.com

Framework Laptop 12: An Upgrade-Friendly, Convertible 2-in-1 Linux Laptop Review  Phoronix

Back in February the Framework Laptop 12 was announced as the company's first 2-in-1 convertible laptop while still being well-built and upgrade-friendly/modular as we have come to enjoy out of their various Linux-friendly laptops. Today the review embargo lifts on the Framework Laptop 12 and thus can share our initial impressions on this Intel-powered 12-inch laptop.

Comic-page roguelike shooter Fury Unleashed gets an essential Linux fix  GamingOnLinux

Boost Your Linux Terminal Productivity by Learning This Advanced Search Syntax  How-To Geek

Steam Beta finally enables Proton on Linux fully, making Linux gaming simpler  [H]ard|Forum

The Servo browser engine project born out of Mozilla as an early Rust project and now advanced by open-source developers from various firms continues moving forward. Servo has finally scratched animated GIF support off its TODO list among other features...

CISA warns of attackers exploiting Linux flaw with PoC exploit  BleepingComputer

Download Chromium (free) for Windows, macOS, Android, APK and Linux  Gizmodo

AMD engineers today posted the second iteration of their AMD ISP4 Linux kernel driver, which is for supporting the web-camera with the high-end Strix Halo powered HP ZBook Ultra G1a laptop and presumably many AMD Ryzen laptops in the future...

Updated AMD ISP4 Driver For Linux Benefits The HP ZBook Ultra G1a, Future Ryzen Laptops  Phoronix

Linux Security: New Flaws Allow Root Access, CISA Warns of Old Bug Exploitation  SecurityWeek

CISA Flags CVE-2023-0386 as Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Threat  The Cyber Express

U.S. CISA adds Linux Kernel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog  Security Affairs

Chaining two LPEs to get "root": Most Linux distros vulnerable (CVE-2025-6018, CVE-2025-6019)  Help Net Security

Qilin Emerges as a New Dominant Ransomware Attacking Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems  CyberSecurityNews

Steam turbo-charges its performance overlay, shows you how many real and framegen frames you're getting and, oh, Proton is enabled on Linux by default now  PC Gamer

Broadcom has been working on a new Linux Ethernet networking driver dubbed "BNGE" for supporting their new high-end BCM5770X chipset family...